share with:

BlackSmith

Overview

BlackSmith is a metal workhorse with an aggressive yet toneful sound. This kit will lay an unshakable foundation for any metal track, or any other genre where a tight punchy articulate kit is called for.

BlackSmith gives you several mic layers to blend to your taste, easily taking the sound of the kit from clean and tight to spacious or dirty with the push of a fader. Three swappable snare variations help fit the kit to your track.

Switchable instruments

Package contents

Formats

3752 sample files

User manual

Total package size

2.9 GB download
4.2 GB unzipped

Sampling Details

The kit we sampled is a pristine Sonor SQ2 Acrylic set, with three snare options, and classic Zildjian A Custom cymbals. The kit was sampled in Melbourne’s Sing Sing South studio, a medium sized tracking room.

Kick

Instrument

Articulations

Velocity layers

Round-robins

Sonor SQ2 Acrylic 22″ x 20″ Kick

left foot

x6

x6

right foot

x6

x6

Snares

Instrument

Articulations

Velocity layers

Round-robins

A: Sonor 14″ x 6″ Artist Bronze

center hits

x7

x6

cross-stick

x4

x6

B: Pearl Reference 13″ x 7″ 20-ply Maple

center hits

x7

x6

cross-stick

x4

x6

C: Sonor 14″ x 6.5″ Delite Maple

center hits

x7

x6

cross-stick

x4

x6

Toms

Instrument

Articulations

Velocity layers

Round-robins

Sonor SQ2 Acrylic 8″ tom

center hits

x6

x6

Sonor SQ2 Acrylic 10″ tom

center hits

x6

x6

Sonor SQ2 Acrylic 12″ tom

center hits

x6

x6

Sonor SQ2 Acrylic 15″ floor tom

center hits

x6

x6

Hihats

Instrument

Articulations

Velocity layers

Round-robins

Zildjian 14″ A-Custom Hihat

Tip Tight

x4

x6

Tip Closed

x4

x6

Tip Semi-open

x4

x6

Tip Open

x4

x6

Edge Tight

x4

x6

Edge Closed

x4

x6

Edge Semi-open

x4

x6

Edge Open

x4

x6

Pedal

x3

x6

Footsplash

x1

x6

Crashes

Instrument

Articulations

Velocity layers

Round-robins

Zildjian 18″ A Custom

Edge

x4

x6

Bell

x3

x6

Choke

x3

x6

Zildjian 19″ A Custom

Edge

x4

x6

Bell

x3

x6

Choke

x3

x6

Ride

Instrument

Articulations

Velocity layers

Round-robins

Zildjian 22″ A-Custom Ride

Bow

x3

x6

Bell

x3

x6

FX Cymbals

Instrument

Articulations

Velocity layers

Round-robins

Zildjian 10″ A Splash

Edge

x3

x6

Zildjian 18″ FX Crash

Edge

x3

x6

Zildjian 18″ Traditional China stacked with 16″ A-Custom Crash

Edge

x3

x6

For detailed tracking notes view this site on a computer screen.

System Requirements

Compatable software sampler: Native Instruments Kontakt Full version version 4 or greater

Hard drive: free storage space available (to download and then unzip)

RAM: 1GB

Processor: 1GHz

OS: Windows Vista/7/8/10, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Compatability notes

NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player. The kit will stop working after a 15 minute total time restriction imposed by Kontakt Player. The kit is NOT able to be activated for continued use in the Player.

The wav format audio files supplied with this product can be utilized with many other sampler and sound replacement products, however no ‘mappings’ are provided or support is given for this.

Signup and recieve news, updates and special offers from Analogue Drums